Immortal time bias: a possible explanation for "Impact of acyclovir use on survival of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and high load herpes simplex virus replication"

Magnus Glindvad Ahlström; Lars Haukali Omland; Andreas Ronit; Niels Obel

doi:10.1186/s13054-020-03073-4

Immortal time bias: a possible explanation for "Impact of acyclovir use on survival of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and high load herpes simplex virus replication"

Magnus Glindvad Ahlström, Lars Haukali Omland, Andreas Ronit, Niels Obel

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Original language	English
Article number	355
Journal	Critical Care
Volume	24
Issue number	1
Number of pages	2
ISSN	1574-4280
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03073-4
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2020

Keywords

Acyclovir
Antiviral Agents
Humans
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Simplexvirus

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Immortal time bias: a possible explanation for "Impact of acyclovir use on survival of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and high load herpes simplex virus replication". / Ahlström, Magnus Glindvad; Omland, Lars Haukali; Ronit, Andreas et al.
In: Critical Care, Vol. 24, No. 1, 355, 17.06.2020.

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